Rails - Feb 2006 - What do I need to learn Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, AJAX?

So I''ve sort of come to the conclusion that if I wanna get stuff done,
I
need to either A) Find some dang money and pay people to do it or B) Do 
it myself. I''m opting for B. Soooo...now I''ve got some 
programming/technologies to learn. I''m self-employed and I can afford
to
take a month (or 2) off to totally immerse myself in this and learn how 
to do it.

Right now (on a programming level) I''ve got an intermediate knowledge
of
PHP and veerrrryyy beginner knowledge in Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, and 
AJAX. At the end of this little "learning spree" I''d like to
be on a
very strong intermediate to expert level on all of this.

Now...the problem is that I don''t even really know where to start. RoR 
is up and running on my server so I''m good to go for actually coding 
stuff...but what do I read? What do I learn first? What''s the best way 
to teach myself this stuff?

Any advice/suggestions here would be huge.

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Start with:
1). http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/ruby/index.html
2). http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/rails/index.html

in that particular order.

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Kent
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On 2/20/06, Josh Pigford <jpigford@gmail.com>
wrote:
> So I''ve sort of come to the conclusion that if I wanna get stuff
done, I
> need to either A) Find some dang money and pay people to do it or B) Do
> it myself. I''m opting for B. Soooo...now I''ve got some
> programming/technologies to learn. I''m self-employed and I can
afford to
> take a month (or 2) off to totally immerse myself in this and learn how
> to do it.
>
> Right now (on a programming level) I''ve got an intermediate
knowledge of
> PHP and veerrrryyy beginner knowledge in Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, and
> AJAX. At the end of this little "learning spree" I''d
like to be on a
> very strong intermediate to expert level on all of this.
>
> Now...the problem is that I don''t even really know where to start.
RoR
> is up and running on my server so I''m good to go for actually
coding
> stuff...but what do I read? What do I learn first? What''s the best
way
> to teach myself this stuff?
>
> Any advice/suggestions here would be huge.
>
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
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>

And maybe even http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/fr_ltp/index.html
for good measure.

On 2/20/06, Kent Sibilev <ksruby@gmail.com> wrote:
> Start with:
> 1). http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/ruby/index.html
> 2). http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/rails/index.html
>
> in that particular order.
>
> --
> Kent
> ---
> http://www.datanoise.com
>
> On 2/20/06, Josh Pigford <jpigford@gmail.com> wrote:
> > So I''ve sort of come to the conclusion that if I wanna get
stuff done, I
> > need to either A) Find some dang money and pay people to do it or B)
Do
> > it myself. I''m opting for B. Soooo...now I''ve got
some
> > programming/technologies to learn. I''m self-employed and I
can afford to
> > take a month (or 2) off to totally immerse myself in this and learn
how
> > to do it.
> >
> > Right now (on a programming level) I''ve got an intermediate
knowledge of
> > PHP and veerrrryyy beginner knowledge in Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, and
> > AJAX. At the end of this little "learning spree"
I''d like to be on a
> > very strong intermediate to expert level on all of this.
> >
> > Now...the problem is that I don''t even really know where to
start. RoR
> > is up and running on my server so I''m good to go for actually
coding
> > stuff...but what do I read? What do I learn first? What''s the
best way
> > to teach myself this stuff?
> >
> > Any advice/suggestions here would be huge.
> >
> > --
> > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
> > _______________________________________________
> > Rails mailing list
> > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
> > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
> >
> _______________________________________________
> Rails mailing list
> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
>

Josh


Start with the pdf version of :
     http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/rails/index.html

, print it, and bind it in 3 parts.
The dead-tree version uses a paper that''s too thin => you
can''t really
annotate and write and highlight.
Try and make it your own "Head-First with RoR".

You can learn Ruby online right now, with your browser :
     tryruby.hobix.com/


Alain

Also, if you can spring it take the next RailsStudio
(http://studio.pragprog.com/rails/index.html) class.  It''s three days
and is an excellent way to get yourself up to speed quickly.  It''s
also an incredible value.  Good luck.

Michael

Another good method...

There is alot of good items of ruby and RoR on the full archives of:

http://www.planetrubyonrails.org


Everything from cheat sheets to how RoR scales and other goodness..



Also, reading the archives doe sintroduce you to the ruby ad RoR 
cultures.




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Thanks everybody for the tips.

What about things like JavaScript/AJAX? What are some good resources for 
learning that?

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